Outstanding!!! These cupcakes rival Sprinkles' in every way, and if you've had their cupcakes, you know that this is a huge prop! Super moist, with the perfect balance of spices. The only thing I did differently was using half butter and half oil. Since I was hoping to copy Sprinkles, I whizzed the pineapple for a few seconds break it down (didn't want bits of pineapple in there). I think that any cream cheese frosting would work with these. A+++++ recipe.

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Really good! Right up there with Uncle Sam's from this site. I used a different cream cheese icing without white chocolate (don't care for it) and I always add a bit of lemon juice to cream cheese icing, adds just a bit of tartness which is so good!!

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Made these yesterday and they were a HUGE hit. Everyone loved them and I had tons of compliments - definitely a keeper!
Changes: I added 2 tsps of baking powder as well as the baking soda, and they rose just fine. For the icing, I left the orange extract out, and I only used 3 cups of icing sugar. It was perhaps slightly less thick than it should have been as a result, but it tasted amazing without being oversweet and was still plenty thick.
Criticisms & Tips: I ignored the warnings about there being way too much icing because I suspected people might be going light on it, and I do like lots of icing on my muffins - nope, it was at least double what I needed, and I was heavy-handed with mine. I will be making 1/2 batches of icing in the future - it will still be more than enough.
Also, while the white chocolate was definitely a nice touch, be careful to stir it lots and give it as little time as possible. Use a double boiler if you have one - I burned mine (on minimum heat) twice before I got it right.

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Melting the white chocolate is very difficult. Can't be done in a sauce pan. Look on line on how to do this. I ended up discovering my microwave oven has a melt butter setting and I used this with success, however was after an hour of trying to rig up a double boiler and burning the chips 3 times. I ended up using an entire bag before I got it right.